intimacy and romance
Morning intrusion
Written by Pat Baker
My husband was intruding on my time with God, and I didn’t like it.
For 10 years I had risen early each morning to read the Bible and pray. Since my husband, Don, preferred to sleep in, the timing was perfect. Before Don got up, before the phone started ringing, before my busy day started, I could focus exclusively on God.
Is that a weed in my marriage?
Written by Cindy Sigler Dagnan
Every morning, I see new clumps of shallow-rooted, disgustingly perky green weeds among my flower beds. Frankly, they annoy the daylights out of me. They’ve sprung up overnight, and I know only three things about them:
Choosing to love your mate
Written by Bill Giovannetti
When Jennifer told me that her husband, Michael, wanted a divorce because she had gained weight, my heart sank. My mind recalled an article I’d read years ago in the Harvard Business Review, titled “Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?” It ranks as the second most requested article in that publication’s history.
When two pray
Written by Stormie Omartian
Every time you and your spouse pray separately for one another, great things happen in your relationship.
Prayer is truly powerful. But when you pray together, that power increases tremendously, and so do the results.
The scheduled kiss
Written by Patrick Dunn
Some couples go all out on Valentine’s Day. A wallet-busting dinner filled with foods nobody can pronounce. A hotel suite with an in-room spa and a Caribbean steel drum band. Or creative surprises such as a blimp ride or a singing monkey serenade.
Of course, others of us may shoot a little lower:
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